Verlag: JayDax
An unbelievable short story.If you were struck by lightning and survived unharmed would you voluntarily risk it again? You might if you were on a time travel mission.A short timetravel story.
A selection of some of the best short stories about Vampires ever written. Includes The Vampire Maid by Hume Nisbet, Fragment of a Novel by Lord Byron, Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker, and Count Magnus by M.R. JamesZum Buch
A pop icon is found dead aboard a lavish yacht that happens to be anchored in Biscayne National Park. Murder knows no boundaries, and with the yacht in his jurisdiction, Special Agent Kurt Hunter becomes entangled in a world he knows nothing about. While Kurt is no stranger to high-profile cases, he’s not looking for the spotlight or notoriety-he’s had both with disastrous results. Hounded by the media, promoters, and an Internal Affairs investigator, Kurt is forced to face his own inner demons to solve the case. From the glamorous Intracoastal Waterway of Miami to the natural beauty of Biscayne National Park, this new mystery from bestselling author Steven Becker reveals the good, the bad, and the ugly of South Florida.Zum Buch
Thomas Anstey Guthrie (1856-1934) was an English novelist and journalist who wrote his comic novels under the pseudonym F. Anstey."The Gull" is a strange tale about a man whose sweetheart, on setting sail for Guernsey one evening, romantically promises him that if she should die, she will return to him as a white dove.Next morning he awakes to find a large grey gull has flown into his bedroom overnight. When news comes in that his darling's ship has struck rocks and sunk, he suddenly realises that the gull must be the spirit of his drowned lover. He takes the gull with him to London and dotes on her, as her status deserves.But things become complicated when he meets another young lady...and the relationship with the gull seems less fulfilling than he had hoped....Zum Buch
A young wife in a quiet Midlands town, a new dress, a dance, an unimaginative husband. How could a mandarin's sudden death in far-away China have any connection with this homely situation?Zum Buch
I’m not going to stop. I’m going to drown in you, and then I’m going to do it again. And again. Until I’ve had my fill.Zoe Brook has been sent to clean up a bad boy’s reputation. And that’s just fineshe knows all about hiding the sins of the past. But Hunter Grant, sports hero and renowned womaniser is so much more than she ever expected.Money, passion and power come as naturally to this man as the women who flock to his bed. But Zoe’s determined not to be another notch on his bedpost. So when Hunter turns his considerable focus and energy to seducing her, she draws on every sharp put-down in her arsenal. But with no sassy comebacks left, the final words on Zoe’s lips are Yes. Oh, yes.Collect all three novels in the Fifth Avenue Trilogy:AVENGE ME by USA TODAY bestselling author Maisey YatesSCANDALIZE ME by USA TODAY bestselling author Caitlin CrewsEXPOSE ME by USA TODAY bestselling author Kate HewittZum Buch
The most famous of Hardy's short stories from the collection Wessex Tales read by Emma HignettZum Buch
